Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · County council
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Norfolk County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
5,569 approved · 283 refused · 655 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Shrubbs Farm, Saxthorpe, Melton Constable. NR24 2AT
Received Not publishedHome Farm ,West Bilney Kings Lynn ,
Received Not publishedNorwich Northern Distributor Road
Received Not publishedWymondham High Academy, Folly Road, Wymondham, Norfolk NR18 0QT
Received Not publishedSouth Harford Former Middle School PRU Unit
Received Not publishedCostessey Landfill Site ,Longwater Industrial Estate Costessey ,Norwich
Received Not publishedHopton First School, Coast Road
Received Not publishedSt Marys RC Primary School, East Anglian Way, Gorleston, Norfolk, NR31 6QY
Received Not publishedSt Peters Road ,Watlington
Received Not publishedBentleys Farm, Low Road, West Caister NR30 5SP
Received Not publishedParkside Special School, College Road, Norwich, NR2 3JA
Received Not publishedScoulton Pit
Received Not publishedHilgay Village Primary School, Church Road, Hilgay, King's Lynn PE38 0JL
Received Not publishedLand adjoining existing quarry, Dereham Road, Costessey
Received Not published36 Maurice Gaymer Road, Gaymers Industrial Estate, Attleborough
Received Not publishedLand at Ely Road ,Denver
Received Not publishedMayton Wood Quarry, Little Hautbois, Coltishall, Norfolk NR12 7JX
Received Not publishedCostessey Landfill Site ,Longwater Ind.Estate Costessey ,Norwich
Received Not publishedNorse Environmental Waste Services Ltd, Hamlin Way, Hardwick Narrows, Kings Lynn, PE30 4NG
Received Not publishedWhitefriars CE VA Primary School, Whitefriars Road, King's Lynn, PE30 5AH
Received Not publishedSt Williams School, St Williams Way, Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, NR7 0AJ
Received Not publishedNorman School, Bassingham Road, Mile Cross
Received Not publishedUnit 6, Dunkirk Industrial Estate
Received Not publishedSouthtown First School, Tamworth Lane, Gt Yarmouth, NR31 0HJ
Received Not publishedRecords are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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Understanding planning · 13 min read
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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Norfolk County Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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